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American fascist “culture” is a paternalistic white pseudo-Christian society to which they’ve added isolationism and sadism.\nThey used to call us “counterculture revolutionaries.\nDamn straight.\nWe still are.

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@blackkettle.bsky.social I suggest, should we have another president, that we don’t allow them to trade stocks or to have a personal social media account.

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@kjcharleswriter.com We just buy them for the cameras now.

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@somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social The majority of Americans come from immigrant families. He’s saying he wants to get rid of 107 million Americans who don’t bow down to the regime. Trump told us who they are, those he calls anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-fascists.

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@howardbreen.bsky.social Only if they’re Democrats. MAGA Republicans are allowed to lie to everyone as much as they want, knowing nothing will happen to them when they do.

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@thesnarktank.bsky.social What platform is Cooper on?

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@atrupar.com WOULDN’T
\n(goddamnit)

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@atrupar.com Quit calling these sycophants “honorable”. They would know honor if it bit them in the ass. None of them have the decency and fortitude to be their own person. All of them tremble before Trump and for the life of me I don’t know why. They won’t get the wealth and power they lust after.

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@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Can ICE become even more depraved and inhumane? I don’t see how but no doubt they’ll show me.

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@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social But the Republicans want to eat your children and take your guns.

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@biggienotsmalls.bsky.social In related news, pharmaceutical bribery has paid off big.

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@benjaminkabak.com I’m a veteran and I’m tired of seeing nationalism disguised as patriotism. The anthem, the oversized flag, the flyovers. None of that is necessary for a sporting event. And all this pseudo patriotism is what got us in this fascist mess.

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@thebandcake.bsky.social “Reportedly”. I’ve seen and heard of so much evidence that for whatever reason the oligarchs intend to sell America to Russia, but for an act this extreme I want more than “supposedly”.

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@katiephang.bsky.social What if the Epstein oligarchs are knocking off those most involved with Epstein to protect themselves? And we know one guy at least who was close to Jeffrey and can’t keep his mouth shut.

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@repmcgovern.bsky.social The GOP will soon disinter the body of McCarthy and let his rotting corpse sit in for Mitch.
\nDo we really have to relive the “Commie scare”?

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@andrewlevesque.bsky.social I hope he prevails.

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@alissawilkinson.bsky.social Jimothy has saved our collective sanity.

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@paulvandermeer.bsky.social Then we can do a historically accurate Passion of Christ in which the main character doesn’t appear.

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@projectspacetime.bsky.social Keep going, Stevie. Soon your claims will become so ridiculous that even hard-core MAGAts won’t be able to believe them.

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@muellershewrote.com Evidently so.

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@jackeber.bsky.social My sister in law is a native of Japan, and when she prepared a big meal there’d be traditional cold noodle soups and such, but the majority of the food was standard American fare.

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@nothoodlum.bsky.social Then why isn’t he at work?

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@thelibbojack.bsky.social And we know Trump doesn’t spend money without getting something in return.

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@brabblesban.bsky.social 💔

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@decombest.bsky.social No.

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@kdnerak33.bsky.social Figures.

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I don’t know why the living former presidents have chosen to ignore their oath to protect America from foreign and domestic enemies. That oath didn’t dissolve once they were out of office. Yet not one of them has stood up against Trump and led us in opposition. It’s shameful they have not.

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Every time I see pups taken from their mother for adoption or juvenile apes removed from their family group to be relocated, I can’t help but wonder how we’d feel if a “superior” race did that to us. I know it’s often done for good reasons, but we know that, they don’t.

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The worst no-bid contract Donnie ever entered into was the one in which he sold America to Russia and Israel.

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Rod Serling once said, “The real tools of conquest are not bombs or weapons but fear, prejudice, and suspicion”.\nHe could have been describing America in the 21st century.

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Tuesday morning thoughts: half-witted.com

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If we cannot convince every person on the planet that protecting Earth is the most important task ahead of us,\nif we can’t stop those who contaminate the air, ground, and water,\nif we continue to rely on someone else to save us,\nwe’re doomed.

\n

Our extinction is inevitable.

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If you experience a sudden loss of humor and the ability to laugh at your own foibles, i\nf you find yourself resenting others for seeking the same freedoms and rights you enjoy,\nif your angry at everything all the time,\nseek medical help immediately.

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You may be at risk of becoming a Republican.

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Midterms: half-witted.com

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A must have for the progressive dog owner. Support small business.\nwww.smolotov.com

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We need to bring back shunning.

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Oligarchs, rioters who accept Trump’s payout, ICE agents, any and all members of the regime, need to be shunned until the day they die.

\n

They’ve shown no compassion, they get none. No jobs, no homes, no friends.

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Clive and the chicken: half-witted.com

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The rising price of gas doesn’t just affect us at the pump, it affects the cost of trucking goods across the country.

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It affects the cost of flying goods.

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And now that the oil barons know we’ll buy gas for $4-6 a gallon, they won’t rush to lower the price. Why should they?

\n

Give up profits? Hah!

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I have got nothing to do today, I guess I’d better get started.

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I shall begin by putting on pants. That’s an indication I plan on doing something, even when there’s nothing to be done.

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Then I’ll make a list of all the things that I don’t need to do today.

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Then I’ll probably need a nap.

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Seek the truth in all things: half-witted.com

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Trump is an existential threat: half-witted.com

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As long as: half-witted.com

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

\n

― Anatole France

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Stella, my damaged dog: half-witted.com

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The fantasy of America is over: half-witted.com

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Trump should just create the Department of Trump’s Defense and fill it with all the agencies that once defended the country (DOJ, DHS, DIA, CIA, NSA, FBI, the military…). End the pretense that those agencies have any other mandate.

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I’m an atheist and humanist.\nI support the people of Gaza but not Hamas.\nI support the people of Israel but not Netanyahu.\nI support oppressed people everywhere but not their oppressors. That applies to America as well.\nThat which divides us is evil.\nThat which unites us is good.

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Our political system is broken.\nOur economic system is broken.\nOur financial system is broken.\nOur trust in those in power is broken.\nOur legal system is broken.\nOur society is broken.

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It’s difficult for good people to imagine just how bad the bad people can be.

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Trump has enjoyed a lifetime of undeserved success, yet he still has the gall to whine about not getting even more.\nHe wants to retroactively win the 2020 election for no better reason than to further inflate his already gigantic, though extremely fragile, ego.\nHe’s pathetic and immature.

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